campaigns to promote Macau<\/a><\/em><\/strong> as an attractive destination and to incentivise longer stays.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe authorities have invested MOP 200m (US$25.1m) in subsidy scheme that has so far been used to book 60,000 hotel stays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lei said that as a result of the strategy, the average stay had risen to 2.8 nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Macau News reported the secretary is expecting the upcoming Western New Year and Chinese New Year to offer the opportunity for tourists to stay longer in the city and increase their spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, he refused to comment meanwhile on recent layoffs at Macau VIP rooms. He said that visitation had gradually been increasing since the Individual Visitation Scheme resumed for all of mainland China in September, but understood the economic recovery could take a significant time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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